Dual-language program and Reader Identity Self-Assessment for biliteracy development

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 quant-synthesis), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

UCLA-CS is a dual-language school offering content instruction in Spanish, Korean, and English, with elementary Spanish-English and Korean-English programs and a Grades 9-12 Spanish pathway; about 4 in 10 students earn the California State Seal of Biliteracy. Students in Grades 2-5 take the Reader Identity Self-Assessment (RISA) each fall, analyzing their Spanish and English reading data, setting goals, and reflecting on their "bilingual or multilingual reader selves", then tracking progress in longitudinal bar graphs shared with families.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Classroom-developed and standardized assessments to capture biliteracy development
• parent-teacher conferences where students share reading plans and reflections

Constraints

• The Korean-English program allocates one day each week to Korean, an approach developed with Korean-speaking parents and caregivers

Target Learners

• Elementary through high school emergent bilingual students

Learning Goals

• Biliteracy
• reader agency and goal-setting
• multilingual identity development

Claims

• Dual language programs improved English literacy achievement, with a potentially positive effects rating based on one study [+W]

Related Designs

• Four core competencies and three core beliefs guiding teaching and learning at UCLA-CS
• Three-component implementation pattern for dual language programs

Examples

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Key Sources

• Karen Hunter Quartz. (2023). UCLA Community School: Celebrating Language, Culture, and Community. Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org

Page metadata

Field	Value
type	design
id	ucla-cs-dual-language-risa-biliteracy
title	Dual-language program and Reader Identity Self-Assessment for biliteracy development
description	UCLA-CS is a dual-language school offering content instruction in Spanish, Korean, and English, with elementary Spanish-English and Korean-English programs and a Grades 9-12 Spanish pathway; about 4 in 10 students ear...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-10
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sources	1 — karen-hunter-quartz-2023

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